A SELECT LIBRARY
OF THE
NICENE AND
POST-NICENE FATHERS
OF
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Second Series
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH WITH PROLEGOMENA AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., | AND | HENRY WACE, D.D., |
Professor of Church History in the Union Theological Seminary, New York. |
| Principal of King’s College, London. |
IN CONNECTION WITH A NUMBER OF PATRISTIC SCHOLARS OF EUROPE AND AMERICA.
LOGOS CATHOLIC EDITION
Containing Only the Words of the Fathers
and Translator’s Notes
VOLUME IV
ST. ATHANASIUS:
SELECT WORKS AND LETTERS
NEW YORK:
THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY
1892
THE CHRISTIAN LITERATURE COMPANY
Volume IV
Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria
On the Incarnation of the Word
De Decretis or Defence of the Nicene Definition
Four Discourses Against the Arians
Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia
Tome or Synodal Letter to the People of Antioch
From Letter XXVIII. (for 356.)
of
ATHANASIUS, BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA
edited, with prolegomena, indices, and tables,
by
ARCHIBALD ROBERTSON,
principal of bishop hatfield’s hall, durham, late fellow of trinity college, oxford.
Part I
§ 1. Introduction:—The purpose of the book a vindication of Christian doctrine, and especially of the Cross, against the scoffing objection of Gentiles. The effects of this doctrine its main vindication
The knowledge of our religion and of the truth of things is independently manifest rather than in need of human teachers, for almost day by day it asserts itself by facts, and manifests itself brighter than the sun by the doctrine of Christ. 2. Still, as you nevertheless desire to hear about it, Macarius1, come let us as we may be able set forth a few points of the faith of Christ: able though you are to ...
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About Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 2.4: St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters (Catholic Edition)Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume IV: St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters. The Early Church Fathers is one of the most important collections of historical, philosophical and theological writings available in English to the student of the Christian Church. These documents provide the most comprehensive witness to the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the period immediately following the Apostolic Era. The Catholic edition of Early Church Fathers does not include the introductions, prolegomenae, and various interpretive comments made by the protestant editors of the Edinburgh edition. However, it retains all of the footnotes found in the printed editions. Contents of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series IV Athanasius of Alexandria Against the Heathen On the Incarnation of the Word Deposition of Arius Letter of Eusebius Statement of Faith On Luke 10:22 (Matthew 11:27) Encyclical Letter Defence against the Arians Defence of the Nicene Definition On the Opinion of Dionysius Life of Antony Letter to the Bishops of Egypt Defence before Constantius Defence of His Flight History of the Arians Four Discourses against the Arians On the Councils of Ariminum and Seleucia Tome or Synodal Letter to the People of Antioch Letter to the Bishops of Africa Festal Letters Personal Letters |
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